Daisuke and Yoko Miyazaki are currently pursuing their advanced studies for a concert examination as the first piano duo. With their debut album "SUITEN FÜR ZWEI KLAVIERE" (Suites for Two Pianos), they not only demonstrate their skills as virtuoso and colorful pianists but also delve into an extraordinary repertoire with three unknown suites from three centuries—original compositions for two pianos. Anton Arenski's Suite for Two Pianos No. 3 is an exquisite sequence of nine variations on a short theme, initially presented as a contemplative Andante. The variations unfold the theme in a romantic manner—sometimes lyrically elegant, sometimes powerfully triumphant, and at times with delicate filigree, offering a rich and imaginative progression.
The Dance Suite by Josef Schelb represents the suite genre in a broader sense, as more or less loosely adapted excerpts from opera or ballet, suitable for concert performances. This approximately 20-minute piano work had lain unnoticed in the music archives for over half a century before being revived in 2008. The opening piece, "Suite a due Cembali" by Johann Mattheson, was originally written for two harpsichords. In this composition, Mattheson reveals himself as a composer of unique stature, committed to his explicit creed that music is a "sound-language or tone-speech."